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WNBA mock draft: UCLA’s players rise, LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson and UConn’s Azzi Fudd drop

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UCLA was crowned champions four days ago, and in another four days, the six seniors who accounted for all of their points in the Final Four will be starting their professional careers at the WNBA Draft. Over the past three weeks, several Bruins managed to raise their draft stock with strong NCAA Tournament performances. Even with all the tape front offices have on the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year seniors leaving college for the WNBA, it still helps to have a few good games against the nation’s

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Lakers legend Michael Cooper named coach at Cal State LA

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Updated Apr 9, 3:25 PM ET

Hall of Famer Michael Cooper is headed back to the sidelines. According to the City News Service via the Los Angeles Daily News, the longtime Lakers guard/forward has been named the next head coach at Cal State Los Angeles. Cooper, 70, brings decades of NBA and WNBA experience to the program. “I’ve always said it […] The post Lakers legend Michael Cooper named coach at Cal State LA appeared first on Hoops Wire.

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Insider Flags Concerning Pattern in Chicago Sky Decisions After Angel Reese Trade

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Updated Apr 9, 6:08 PM ET

For a franchise that knows exactly how to spot greatness, the bigger question now is why can’t they keep it? The Chicago Sky recently traded Angel Reese just two years after drafting her. And while roster shakeups aren’t unusual in the WNBA, this one has raised eyebrows for a different reason.

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Thunder lock up the No. 1 seed for the 3rd straight season, putting the champs in elite NBA company

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Updated Apr 9, 1:16 PM ET

For the third straight season, the road to the NBA title goes through Oklahoma City. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his defending champs became the seventh team in NBA history to finish with its conference's best regular-season record in at least three consecutive years when Oklahoma City wrapped up the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming playoffs with a 128-110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The list of NBA teams who topped their conference standings in at least three ...

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